A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study of Risk Factors for Elbow Injury in Young Baseball Players

Purpose. To determine the risk factors for elbow injury and its association with glenohumeral internal rotation deficit among young baseball players. Methods. 229 baseball players aged 9 to 14 (mean, 11) years completed a self-administered questionnaire with items related to years of playing basebal...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Tajika, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kaneko, Hitoshi Shitara, Daisuke Shimoyama, Yoichi Iizuka, Koichi Okamura, Yukio Yonemoto, Toshiro Warita, Takashi Ohsawa, Ichiro Nakajima, Haku Iizuka, Kenji Takagishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901602400112